{"id":44188,"date":"2016-09-12T18:21:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/two-openly-gay-men-are-running-for-russias-national-assembly-in-defiance-of-putin\/"},"modified":"2016-09-12T18:21:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T22:21:11","slug":"two-openly-gay-men-are-running-for-russias-national-assembly-in-defiance-of-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/two-openly-gay-men-are-running-for-russias-national-assembly-in-defiance-of-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia\u2019s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia\u2019s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13718722_1253639331315554_3794828966910173064_n.jpg?resize=740%2C416\" alt=\"13718722_1253639331315554_3794828966910173064_n\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13718722_1253639331315554_3794828966910173064_n.jpg?w=960 960w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13718722_1253639331315554_3794828966910173064_n.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13718722_1253639331315554_3794828966910173064_n.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/13718722_1253639331315554_3794828966910173064_n.jpg?resize=150%2C84 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>For what appears to be the first time in Russian history, two openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> are running for seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the country&rsquo;s Federal Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> have been outspoken <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> rights activists and say that the 2013 anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> propaganda law spurred them to run for elected office.<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25DB81A7-BE91-423B-A62D-C84D72470EC7_w640_r1_s_cx2_cy16_cw91.jpg?resize=195%2C195\" alt=\"25db81a7-be91-423b-a62d-c84d72470ec7_w640_r1_s_cx2_cy16_cw91\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25DB81A7-BE91-423B-A62D-C84D72470EC7_w640_r1_s_cx2_cy16_cw91.jpg?resize=195%2C195 195w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25DB81A7-BE91-423B-A62D-C84D72470EC7_w640_r1_s_cx2_cy16_cw91.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=195%2C195 390w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25DB81A7-BE91-423B-A62D-C84D72470EC7_w640_r1_s_cx2_cy16_cw91.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=195%2C195 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\">B<\/span>ulat Barantayev (33, above) and&nbsp;Aleksei Korolyov (29, right) are both running as part of the&nbsp;liberal Parnas political coalition.<\/p>\n<p>While both are staunchly anti-Putin, Barantayev has gone so far as to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a>&nbsp;for the impeachment and imprisonment of the Russian president&nbsp;along with any other corrupt government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Neither&nbsp;Barantayev nor&nbsp;Korolyov&nbsp;believe they have a chance of winning a seat in the Duma, not least because of their anti-Putin positions in a country which he rules almost autocratically. Still, they hope their candidacies&nbsp;will show conservative politicians that LGBT Russians aren&rsquo;t afraid to stand up to bigotry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/russia-lgbt-duma-elections-barantayev-korolyov\/27981994.html\">Barantayev told Radio Free Europe \/ Radio Liberty,&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For a long time now, I have used all opportunities to cultivate an audience for accepting LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] people.&nbsp;By my example, I show that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> in Russia can create their own successful businesses, can meet with people, can have children, and can even run for the State Duma.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Said Korolyov,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The LGBT community now is in a desperate situation and we need allies. It is good that we have been able to form an alliance with Parnas. The LGBT community gets new resources to defend itself and the party should get some new voters&hellip;. I decided to run because the ruling party has adopted an extreme homophobic position. The authorities are facilitating a homophobic discourse in society that is inciting hate crimes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of the anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> propaganda law,&nbsp;Barantayev said,&nbsp;&ldquo;The mechanism that the authorities are using to foster homophobia in society is very primitive.&nbsp;The LGBT community has been branded as enemies in order to divert the public&rsquo;s attention from real economic and political problems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Korolyov has been actively making inroads&nbsp;with the liberal side of the political establishment when it comes to backing LGBT rights. He explains,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For four years, I have been working to establish relations between the LGBT community and various democratic organizations, including the Yabloko party.&nbsp;Before the passage of the &lsquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> propaganda&rsquo; law, many democrats said the topic isn&rsquo;t important and society won&rsquo;t respond positively. Now everyone understands that the LGBT community needs support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> are not particularly worried for their safety despite their high visibility. They say that since they have no chance of winning they are not viewed as a threat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The authorities believe there is no chance I&rsquo;ll be elected in today&rsquo;s Russia. So they don&rsquo;t pay any attention to me,&rdquo; Barantayev&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n<p>Barantayev has however been attacked in the past because he is <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was called and summoned to the mayor&rsquo;s office in response to my application to hold an LGBT event. But outside the building, I was jumped by thugs and beaten up. When I return home late, young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> that I don&rsquo;t know <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> me by name and shout obscenities. Because of the attacks, I am a little afraid to be out in public sometimes. But I don&rsquo;t have a victim complex. They treat us the way we let them treat us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>PREVIOUSLY &ndash;&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/08\/watch-flamboyantly-dressed-military-vet-vows-to-beat-up-all-these-gays-at-st-petersburg-pride-rally\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WATCH:&nbsp;Flamboyantly&nbsp;Dressed Military Vet Vows to &lsquo;Beat Up All These Gays&rsquo; At&nbsp;St. Petersburg Pride&nbsp;Rally<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Korolyov, meanwhile, is hopeful&nbsp;about the future.&nbsp;&ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ll be elected to the eighth Duma [in 2021],&rdquo; he&nbsp;said. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t hide and be afraid. The discriminatory law has activated the LGBT community and has spurred development. We recognize that if we don&rsquo;t do politics, politics will do us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>[Top photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1253639331315554&amp;set=pb.100000084983971.-2207520000.1473707703.&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">Facebook<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/09\/gay-russia\/\">Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia&rsquo;s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=cw6sRkdHiTw:uvH65MOw5Jo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=cw6sRkdHiTw:uvH65MOw5Jo:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=cw6sRkdHiTw:uvH65MOw5Jo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=cw6sRkdHiTw:uvH65MOw5Jo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=cw6sRkdHiTw:uvH65MOw5Jo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=cw6sRkdHiTw:uvH65MOw5Jo:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=cw6sRkdHiTw:uvH65MOw5Jo:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/cw6sRkdHiTw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/cw6sRkdHiTw\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/cw6sRkdHiTw\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia\u2019s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin For what appears to be the first time in Russian history, two openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> are running for seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the country&rsquo;s Federal Assembly. Both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> have been outspoken <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> rights activists and say &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/two-openly-gay-men-are-running-for-russias-national-assembly-in-defiance-of-putin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia\u2019s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia\u2019s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/two-openly-gay-men-are-running-for-russias-national-assembly-in-defiance-of-putin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia\u2019s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two Openly Gay Men are Running for Russia\u2019s National Assembly in Defiance of Putin For what appears to be the first time in Russian history, two openly gay men are running for seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the country&rsquo;s Federal Assembly. 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